Millionaire's Shortbread

also called millionaires shortbread · caramel slice · caramel shortbread · millionaire bars

The table

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C)
Line an 8x8-in pan with parchment
1/2 cup(115 g)unsalted butterbeatpress and bake at 350°F for 25 minpourspread and chill 2 hr
1/4 cup(50 g)granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups(160 g)all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp(1.5 g)table salt
14 oz(400 g)sweetened condensed milkboil to a thick caramel, 10 min
1/2 cup(115 g)unsalted butter
1/2 cup(100 g)light brown sugar
2 Tbs(40 g)golden syrup
7 oz(200 g)semisweet chocolatemelt
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What to lay out

Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.14 things to get out.

Pans and tools

Before anything else

3beat

5boil to a thick caramel, 10 min

6melt

Cooking it

Start to finish is the longest chain through the table, so branches that overlap are counted once. That is why the waits add up to more than the clock — and it only holds if you get them going together.

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The clock

Start to finish
at least 2 hr 25 mintwo waits that overlap count once
Needs you
10 minof the steps that give a time

3 of the 6 steps never say how long they take, so both numbers are floors. Nothing here says whether you can walk away, so all 10 min of it is counted as time you are standing over it. The recipe itself says 3 hr.

  1. beat

    not timedfrom the start

  2. boil to a thick caramel, 10 min

    10 minneeds you(assumed)from the start

  3. melt

    not timedfrom the start

  4. press and bake at 350°F for 25 min

    25 minwalk away(read off the step)from the start

  5. pour

    not timed25 min in

  6. spread and chill 2 hr

    2 hrwalk away(read off the step)25 min in

Drawn to scale, so a long wait really does take up the room it takes. The shortest stretches keep a sliver so they stay visible; their times are printed beside them. Bars that line up are happening at the same time. The minutes are always the recipe’s own; a dashed edge means we worked out from the step whether you have to be there, and a dotted one means nothing was said, so we assumed you are standing over it.

You'll need 8x8-in pan · oven · saucepan

See how it is written
>> title: Millionaire's Shortbread
>> category: Bars & Brownies
>> tags: caramel, shortbread, chocolate, dessert, oven
>> counters: Bakery
>> aka: millionaires shortbread, caramel slice, caramel shortbread, millionaire bars
>> servings: 9
>> time: 3 hr
>> step.4: press and bake at 350°F for 25 min
>> step.5: boil to a thick caramel, 10 min
>> step.8: spread and chill 2 hr

Preheat the #oven{} to 350°F (175°C).

Line an #8x8-in pan{} with parchment.

Beat @unsalted butter{1/2%cup}(115 g) with @granulated sugar{1/4%cup}(50 g), @all-purpose flour{1 1/4%cup}(160 g), @table salt{1/4%tsp}(1.5 g).

Press @&(~1)shortbread dough{} into the pan and bake at 350°F for ~{25%min}.

Boil @sweetened condensed milk{14%oz}(400 g), @unsalted butter{1/2%cup}(115 g), @light brown sugar{1/2%cup}(100 g), @golden syrup{2%Tbs}(40 g) in a #saucepan{}, stirring, for ~{10%min}.

Pour @&(~1)caramel{} over @&(~2)baked shortbread{}.

Melt @semisweet chocolate{7%oz}(200 g).

Spread @&(~1)melted chocolate{} over @&(~2)cooled caramel layer{}, then chill ~{2%hr}.